NEW ORLEANS- The Coast Guard medevaced a 79-year-old man suffering from abdominal pains from a cruise ship, today.
A watchstander at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a call at 6:11 p.m. from the captain of the cruise ship, Holiday, reporting a passenger in need of immediate medical attention. The man had complained of stomach pains and [...]
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Coast Guard medavacs man from cruise ship
Cargo Ship Aground in Chesapeake Bay
BALTIMORE – The Mediterranean Shipping Company vessel Japan has re-floated after five hours of being aground in the Chesapeake Bay today.
The vessel re-floated under its own power and was assisted by two tugs and the incoming tide.
The vessel Japan, a 796-foot Panamanian flagged cargo ship, ran aground near Sandy Point Light approximately one mile north [...]
Coast Guard Responds to Oil Report on Pacifica Beach
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard is responding to a report of tar balls on Pacifica Beach. A Coast Guard helicopter was diverted to conduct an initial overflight, and responders were dispatched. Pollution investigators from Sector San Francisco and California Department of Fish and Game Office of Spill Prevention and Response are [...]
Coast Guard Contains, Recovers Fuel Spilled from Grounded Vessel
SAVANNAH, Ga. – The Coast Guard finished containing and recovering diesel fuel Monday that spilled from a grounded fishing vessel.
The fishing vessel Little David grounded in Floyds Creek south of Brunswick, Ga., Saturday. Absorbent boom was placed around the vessel to collect the spilled fuel and pumps were used to remove fuel from within the [...]
Coast Guard Responding To Cargo Ship Aground
BALTIMORE – The Coast Guard is responding to a cargo ship that ran aground in the Chesapeake Bay this afternoon.
The Mediterranean Shipping Company vessel Japan, a 796-foot Panamanian flagged cargo ship, ran aground near Sandy Point Light approximately one mile north of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. The initial notification to the Coast Guard was received [...]
Coast Guardsman to be a guest at the State of the Union Address
JUNEAU, Alaska – A Coast Guardsman is scheduled to be a special guest of the First Lady at tonight’s State of the Union Address in Washington D.C.
Petty Officer Will Milam, a native of Phoenix, Arizona and currently assigned to Air Station Kodiak, is scheduled to meet with the Commandant of the Coast Guard Admiral Thad [...]
Panel Releases Report on Cosco Busan Oil Spill Response
San Francisco — A panel of outside experts formed by the commandant of the Coast Guard to study the response to the Cosco Busan oil spill today released the first of two reports it was chartered to produce. The 120-page ‘Phase I’ report looks at the first two weeks of response operations that unfolded in [...]